Norvel Pelle
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I am always suspicious when people post what I am about to post, but I really doubt any harm can come from it.
I live very close to the Phelps school in Malvern PA and ran into a person VERY familiar with the program and Norvel. This person told me three things. (four things actually, but I think it would be unfair to post this persons personal opinions on Norvel). 1) Norvel has not been playing much at Phelps 2) As a basketball person for many years, Norvel has one of the largest wing spans he has ever seen and 3) he is pretty confident that he has a "deal worked out with a school out west, but not in CA".
Take it for what it's worth. This sources kids my kids play hoops together and I know him pretty well, I just didn't know how close he was to the
Phelps school until this past weekend.
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It is just a matter of time until he commits to UNLV. The SDSU fans are going nuts. They can't believe he is reneging on them (I didn't even know he committed there LOL)
As a person with a heart, I hope the kid gets his act together but I have a feeling he will never play a game at UNLV.
bball purist
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Goodman did the retracto move later on after Neil Nieves questioned it:
My bad for the confusion on Novel Pelle. He has NOT committed to UNLV, but sources indicate he is leaning towards Running Rebs.
bball purist
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Were Norvel's classes in that bad of shape? It's been discussed ad nauseum, but I figured one extra year would get it done. 3200+ tweets'll getcha! If someone told Norvel they'd pay him 1 million dollars to sit down and only do hw and practice basketball for the next year, I wonder what his response would be...
bball purist
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Or he's not "getting better" this year in the academic arena. I love that cliche. Players use it all the time now, but how many really do get that much better or merely pay lip service to it?
It wouldn't be the first time that it's happened, and it certainly won't be the last, either. Hopefully the kid gets his head screwed on correctly, because he has a lot of potential.
I could see him putting up crummy stats at a D-II school six years from now just as easily as I can see him blocking 3.5 shots a game at UNLV two years from now. The choice is his.
It would have been great to have him here, but at this point I'm almost relieved that he's someone else's problem. At least we have Garrett, who has enough heart for both himself and Pelle.
JCLJorgenson
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Pelle has not committed to anyone at this point. He was rumored to be pretty solid to SDSU, but it was just a rumor, just like the UNLV interest is.
FYI, SDSU took a pass on Jabari Brown - they didn't want to chance his baggage knowing that his commitment would already upset some of the new guys coming in. SDSU really needs bigs more than guards right now.
As you guys know, SDSU is coming to the Big East for football, but that also means their basketball program will need to go to the Big West. I think some UNLV fans are trying to play off that move as being less attractive for Pelle, although UNLV's conference (MWC) will take a big blow in hoops when SDSU leaves too (BYU also just left).
FYI, the MWC is 11-3 against the Pac-12 this year in hoops.
FYI, SDSU took a pass on Jabari Brown - they didn't want to chance his baggage knowing that his commitment would already upset some of the new guys coming in. SDSU really needs bigs more than guards right now.
As you guys know, SDSU is coming to the Big East for football, but that also means their basketball program will need to go to the Big West. I think some UNLV fans are trying to play off that move as being less attractive for Pelle, although UNLV's conference (MWC) will take a big blow in hoops when SDSU leaves too (BYU also just left).
FYI, the MWC is 11-3 against the Pac-12 this year in hoops.
billthetruth
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Nobody here cares about San Diego State basketball. Take a hike
Coaster1955
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For those of you who are into analyzing damn norvel's tweets, you must be having a field day today
